Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-11
FASHIONS FOR LADlES


Death 10 the pocketbook. fun for the trade. |
SO 10 the wealth of great city made.
II 10 becoming very evident that Easter 10
NO longer the swell toileste milestone Ihe
Esster suit' is fsst beconing . thing un'
thought OF In my lady's post-lenten arrange
ments-the I" Easter bonnet chestnut for
the corners OF country newspapers Rushing
into Easter newness will hereafter be found L
to be q serious mistake and adignified and |
indifferent scorn tor stated changes will pe /
the proper attitude for those most desirous Of /
figuring ~ sample fSshion.plAtea Biddy, |
poor girl, from the meagreness OF her ward |
robe, is In much greater haste for changes |
than her lady Lucretis, who, sated with new. |
ness, can afford to stand 10y aud wait to see |
,chdt not 10 fccdr, which Is the science OF !
being "ultra" Besides this, our climate Ia |
hecomlrg altogether too uncertain to war.
rant an entire dotting of the old aud donning
Of the new in apparel, at this time, and our
people are beginning to find II out 1t Was
not the season, but freak of 1t, which made
the lighteet wrap burden, and house.w aists
= feature OF the dress parade which occurred
on Fifth avenue on the morning of April
10th, when sweltering cityhood turned out
to celebrate the resurrection OF our Lord,
and very little that was bristlipg new arked
the pbslspx OF fashion lining the gorgeous
houses of worship, which depended chiefly
upon floral garniture for their spring decora.
ton.
Entire winter dress-suits, when good
enough to appear unsupplemepted lew
new short jackets when the skirt had out
lived its waist in first freshness, but few.
very few entire new spring suits made
noticeable the birth Of spring fashions on
Easter sunday of this year. The new suit
Will come just the same, however, and the
head gear i'll lose nothing in price or beauty
10y its tantaliZing delay.
How shall l have my new dress made?
The very best thing you can do in deciding
that question, is to get \ tul .lsngth picture o:
Sarah Barn hsrdt, and study 1t with ali your
might " You can have no idea, says the
dressrnskers," OF the extent to which the
rage Tor the long, rhe loose the full has
grown" Indeed, so general is he demand
TOR the " Fedora style In this, that, and the
ether: that foreigner might reasonably sup
pose the word tn be Cue standing 10 repre-
sent these ideas, and TO have been specially
designed for the dressmak RS trade. Every
thing for wear, morning, noon, and night
musl have the long pointed waist, full front,
the swishiug, singing skirts, pulled sleeves,
high shoulders, snd-the giTdle. Alb, the
| girdle Be II silk or be 1t silver. but be 1t
| gtrdle
The oarmsid style is done, the "chopped.
| or is doomed. the dear little "spron 'front.'"
/ kilt skirt and short, nooby cuteness all gone
| tu--come back again. Let all your overskirts
then, Cor double skirts ra,her) come 10 the
hem OF the under skirt, and hsug in the folds
| of a sail out OF wind. No more foot. plating
rs you value your reputation jus. heavy
| cord, or band of the goods, two or three
inches wide, only showing in the elegant
"set' it imparts
Not too big a hustle. French tournures
| suggest, Americans emphasize their exist
ence. One is a graceful supplement TO God 8
| handiwork, the other, 3 second self. Why
! this should be so, Is not for me to say, unless
| II toe that the wave of refinement over crude
| ness seems ever to travel from east to west
| and the art OF repression, OF knowing how far
| not TO go, Is the shioooicth OF all true refine
msnt Fine checs in New York mean gate
way and fence plaids in Chicago. The first
Inlng belle from the garden city has
/ to do when she reaches New York in
/ the reigu OF high hats, Is to rip couple OF
oraiGs of the rim OF her chspssu. So il is,
| too, between New York and Paris, OBSERVE
| moderation in your oustle, then, and save
| Time the task ot doing it for you. All tour
| nures are iormed by means Of "reeds "
| What is the secret OF the "wsbbling" hustle :?
4 too loose skirt holding the reeds One
| gored front breadth, one plain back, and one
narrow side piece is plenty. Many, for use
| with full skirts, are making little specials
| of white net, using from four reeds upwards.
Mrs. Dion Bouclcsult Che second) wears
eleven under that dainty pink China silk in
"Fin McCoop; and, If you notice, there ID
| no wabole there.
Little people and pee ckets are receiving mort
consideration than heretofore in the present
stvies-tne former in the long uni nbrok en- * ir
| effect, while each separate fold Is a sanding
| invitation to the latter to come and nestle
| therein.
Bssques are all short on the hips, with ing
| point and loose front effect, prod uCed by the
| gathering or a "pecs" st the neck, falling
with invisible opening to join the overskirt
| iolds How you get In, or out, or round your
present body-coveriug, is Dobody's business
buttons are entirely tsbooed. Puffs are the
| characterzing sleeve-marks Any kind. any
shape, any where but be they large or
/ ,un ahn ha al np kal hatr rafv,,
| pie existence prove you are sup in sleeve
culture. But remember this means siimness
| of waist Putf5d sleeves with large waist Is
Dutch, putfed sleeves and slim waist the
/ extreme Of modern elegance. Cuffs show a
decided "sprDg' al the wrist. The tendency
| in collars IL toward moderation, Low uress
and high collar, producing u stylish but not
| choking effect. The roll or Eizsbe.hau,
| idea Is quite Bsrnhardt enough TO be utilized
| IN a variety OF sty lish ways.
For street wear, the most porular present
fabric seems to oe light weight summer
cloth, which appears in stri es, more or less
pronounced, and checked or nsck, d surfaces
| IN all the ozark" cOiors. The ''com bination
| pattern" Is in high iavOr again this year.
Tell dear old grand ma that the real, genuine,
| old-timey alpaca Is come back. Just the
| same 'dust shedding" ''shiny,n ~ ''ser viceable
goods that John used to bring her home
| gown OF, after good corn sale. The more or
less exquisite tints and shades OF heliotrops
| are all the rage for "dress" costumes, with
| -oht hs>IsIducb from a IlSNt NlSlu green,
| bJth needing dainty handling and wearers to
| justly their Claim 10 popularity. Heaven
| defend us from the grad atioUs OF their decay
| from drawing-room to nursery, nursery to
| kitchen, kitchen 20 garret, aud garret to gut
| tor. Whatever has become of the in nventor OF
| that egreglous monstrosity in color, the de-
| cayed canned strawberry, nobody knows. 1t
is TO 10 hoped he has "dysd' by his own
| hand.
For hack wear you must have = short
| jacket, II you have to cut oil the skirts Of
i your "ulsteI" to do II but Zee that you cut
them OIL in the approved slant, q trifis up to-
wards the back. Except on shop girls, who,
| poor things use them rs "a bed by night and
| a chest Oi drawers by day. you will not see
three long wraps per hour in the shopping
| districts OF New York city. Lucky you are
II your last fall one is tight. fitting, and will
bridge over tor you; but take of those big
buttons. The most worn OF these two ] Aunti-
nesses is the "Covert," which means the
English walking jacket with overlapping
seams, little hip pockets and mostly hoods
which come In all the cOlors from black to
white, through brown. Never WIS q
time when the short Jacket was so
simple, so absolutely perfect in fit, and so
universal On, yes, one or two little French
exravagances of the ulsteretts family dainty
siiktrimlned and tempOrary--are worn, but
only by those VINO can afford to toss them
aside in May, never to be seen again. Dress
| wraps are to be simply apologies for outside